Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Thanks for sharing this interview.
I love this quote by Steve: ''With or without Bruce, we’d have carried on and made a bloody good Maiden album. I don’t mean to sound big-headed, but we don’t make shit albums''. Although I think Maiden needed Bruce more, than the other way around.
Some other curious things:
It seems they had 5 songs written for BNW by 1999.
Bruce felt that BNW could be one of Maiden's best albums. ''We’re not attempting to deny Maiden’s past or our sound, but I’m convinced it’s gonna make people listen to the band in a completely different way''.
Bruce: ''But I’ll tell you what - it’s all very grown-up and we’re working together more closely now than at any other point in the band’s history, maybe with the exception of ‘The Number Of The Beast’ album''.
Bruce: ''We didn’t want to rush into making an album. The whole reason that this Ed Hunter tour is so short is that we want to vibe ourselves up''.
Steve said Blaze is a great singer.
Steve about US crowd: ''Whichever line-up has come here we’ve always had problems getting out heads around the fact that they don’t know the songs, so we’ve made an effort to play a lot more of the oldies that they request''.
Steve about Bruce's acoustic stuff for SIT album: ''The criterion is that it has to be good. Unfortunately, in 1986, the stuff he brought in after we were all freaked out from the ‘Powerslave’ tour just wasn’t up to scratch. And the testament to that is that he never used it on his solo albums. I love acoustic stuff - I probably love Jethro Tull more than he does - but it’s about songs. And now we seem to be coming from the same place. I was relieved that he didn’t try to push us in the direction of ‘The Chemical Wedding’ [Dickinson’s most recent solo release] because that wouldn’t have suited us''.
Steve: ''I admit, I had my worries that Bruce and Adrian had gone off and done their own thing; would they be happy to compromise again?''
Steve: ''This line-up has the potential to be Iron Maiden’s best ever''.
Bruce felt that BNW could be one of Maiden's best albums. ''We’re not attempting to deny Maiden’s past or our sound, but I’m convinced it’s gonna make people listen to the band in a completely different way''.
Bruce: ''But I’ll tell you what - it’s all very grown-up and we’re working together more closely now than at any other point in the band’s history, maybe with the exception of ‘The Number Of The Beast’ album''.
Bruce: ''We didn’t want to rush into making an album. The whole reason that this Ed Hunter tour is so short is that we want to vibe ourselves up''.
Steve said Blaze is a great singer.
Steve about US crowd: ''Whichever line-up has come here we’ve always had problems getting out heads around the fact that they don’t know the songs, so we’ve made an effort to play a lot more of the oldies that they request''.
Steve about Bruce's acoustic stuff for SIT album: ''The criterion is that it has to be good. Unfortunately, in 1986, the stuff he brought in after we were all freaked out from the ‘Powerslave’ tour just wasn’t up to scratch. And the testament to that is that he never used it on his solo albums. I love acoustic stuff - I probably love Jethro Tull more than he does - but it’s about songs. And now we seem to be coming from the same place. I was relieved that he didn’t try to push us in the direction of ‘The Chemical Wedding’ [Dickinson’s most recent solo release] because that wouldn’t have suited us''.
Steve: ''I admit, I had my worries that Bruce and Adrian had gone off and done their own thing; would they be happy to compromise again?''
Steve: ''This line-up has the potential to be Iron Maiden’s best ever''.
I think the problem was his vocals live, especially with the old classic songs.I've never thought Blaze's voice was the problem with the albums he sang on.